Birmingham Collection (page 12)

Rev E M Baker, England international rugby player who also played for Birmingham Moseley and Oxford University. 1890s

The Very Rev Bruno Townsend, Roman Catholic rector
The Very Rev Bruno Townsend, Rector of St Marys Roman Catholic Church, Harborne, Birmingham, West Midlands. The emblem on his coat shows that he was a member of the Passionist order

Ruins of Weoley Castle, Birmingham, West Midlands
Ruins of the south-west tower of Weoley Castle, a fortified manor house in the south-west suburbs of Birmingham, West Midlands. Date: circa 1930

Guests at the gala dance in Bournemouth 3 February 1922
Guests at the gala dance in the Grand Hotel, Bournemouth 3 February 1922 and prize giving at a dancing competition held at the Palais de Danse, Birmingham Date: 1922

Trained dancing staff arriving at the Palais de Danse, Birmingham and a typical scene at that venue, 1921 Date: 1921

The Queens Arrival at the Town Hall, Birmingham 1858

Suffragette Mens League Shop
The Mens League for Womens Suffrage was founded in 1907 by Herbert Jacobs. Although it was non-militant and was not affiliated to any political party

Advert for Charles Joyner & Co. lighting 1888
Advert for Charles Joyner & Co. for Chandeliers, brackets, pendants, hall laterns and general gasfittings. Available in Icknield Square, Birmingham. 1888

Princes Corner, Harborne, Birmingham, West Midlands. Date: circa 1908

Park Shelter and Bandstand, Harborne, Birmingham, West Midlands. Date: circa 1908

Field Lane, Bartley Green, Birmingham, West Midlands, with a row of semi-detached houses on one side. Date: circa 1920

View down Corporation Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK. Date: circa 1905

Advertisement, Birmingham Empire Theatre, Moss Empires Ltd, Managing Director R H Gillespie. Showing Pierrot and Columbine taking a bow. 1926

Firefighters at a fire in Fore Street, Birmingham, with an inset portrait of Superintendent Tozer. 1888

Hardmans works for church decoration
The Birmingham Exposition of Arts and Manufactures. Hardmans works for church decoration. Date: 1849

Josiah Mason Orphanage, Birmingham - a view of the building. Date: circa 1930s

Josiah Mason Orphanage, Birmingham - Sick Room
Josiah Mason Orphanage, Birmingham - children in the sick room accompanied by a nurse. Date: circa 1930s

Josiah Mason Orphanage, Birmingham - Laundry
Josiah Mason Orphanage, Birmingham - girls at work in the laundry. Date: 1890s

Josiah Mason Orphanage, Birmingham - Kitchen
Josiah Mason Orphanage, Birmingham - girls at work in the kitchen. Date: 1890s

Josiah Mason Orphanage, Birmingham - Recreation Room
Josiah Mason Orphanage, Birmingham - girls in the recreation room are engaged in various activities including reading, writing, playing table tennis and other games. Date: circa 1930s

Josiah Mason Orphanage, Birmingham - Cricket Match
Josiah Mason Orphanage, Birmingham - boys playing cricket on the playing field watched by a small group of girls. Date: circa 1930s

Josiah Mason Orphanage, Birmingham - Committee
Josiah Mason Orphanage, Birmingham - the homes management committee. Date: circa 1930s

Cartoon, New Bridge from Sparkbrook to Smallheath
Cartoon, The New Bridge from Sparkbrook to Smallheath (Small Heath), Birmingham. Dr Hugh Thomas and Labourer Tipper. 1888

Advertisement for Mitchells & Butlers Export Beer, designed specially for the theatre trade. 1954

English Cathedrals - Tomb of Edward II Gloucester - Stone - Gothic style tomb. Part of Box 144 Boswell Collection - English Cathedrals.A cathedral city

Municipal Building Birmingham - view of large building clock tower on left. Part of Box 12 Boswell collection. Counties of England. Date: circa 1900

Josiah Mason Orphanage, Birmingham - Children in Classroom
Josiah Mason Orphanage, Birmingham - Children sitting or standing in a classroom with their schoolmistress. Date: circa 1908

Josiah Mason Orphanage, Birmingham - Chapel
Josiah Mason Orphanage, Birmingham - rows of chairs in the chapel. Date: circa 1930s

Josiah Mason Orphanage, Birmingham - Bedmaking
Josiah Mason Orphanage, Birmingham - girls making beds in the senior dormitory. Date: circa 1930s

Cover design, GWR Air Services between Birmingham, Cardiff, Teignmouth, Torquay and Plymouth. 20th century

King Edward VII at new Birmingham Waterworks - Elan Valley, Powys, Wales. The reservoirs, which were built by the Birmingham Corporation Water Department

Book cover, Nursery Songs and Rhymes
Book cover in blue and silver, A Book of Nursery Songs and Rhymes, edited bys Baring-Gould, with illustrations by members of the Birmingham Art School under the direction of A J Gaskin

Title page illustration, Nursery Songs and Rhymes
Title page illustration, A Book of Nursery Songs and Rhymes, edited bys Baring-Gould, with illustrations by members of the Birmingham Art School under the direction of A J Gaskin

Caricature of Frederick Burnaby, traveller and army officer
Caricature of Frederick Gustavus Burnaby (1842-1885), traveller and British army officer. He stood as a Tory candidate for Birmingham in the 1880 General Election, but was unsuccessful. 1880

Shustoke Industrial School Band, Coleshill, Birmingham
The wind band at the Shustoke Industrial School for boys at Coleshill near Birmingham. Date: Date unknown

William Vct. Dudley Ward
WILLIAM, third viscount DUDLEY & WARD, Baron of Birmingham: Statesman: The rich mans model and the poor mans friend. Date: ? - 1823

Folding Bed 1851
A folding metal bed by H W Winfield of the Cambridge Street Works, Birmingham, suitable for military men and travellers: it all folds away into that neat box. Date: 1851

Reform / 1832 / Birmingham
Political Unions gather at New-Hall Hill, Birmingham, to press the case for the Reform Bill. The Bill was passed successfully through the House of Lords on 7 June 1832. Date: May 1832

James Watt - Heathfield HS
James Watt Heathfield (1736 - 1819) House, near Birmingham, home of the engineer

Dunkleys Toy Horse
WHEELED TOY HORSE by Dunkleys of Birmingham Date: 1889

Advert for S. Timings & Co. patent rotary castors 1888
Patenteers and sole manufactures of the patent brass rotary castors, also cabinet, builders and general brassfounders. Date: 1888

Birmingham mail in snow 1836
The Birmingham Mail is stuck in the snow - the guards ride on to London with the mail bags. Date: 1836

Advert for Townshend - Thompson, household brassware 1888
Brassfounders and art metal workers, making kettle stands, fire dogs, gongs firescreens and other household brassware 1888

James Watt / Heathfield
JAMES WATT His house at Heathfield, in Handsworth, Birmingham, to which he moved in 1790 to spend the rest of his life. Date: 19th century

Joseph Priestley / Fire
JOSEPH PRIESTLEY Dr Priestleys house at Fairhill is ransacked and burnt by a Birmingham mob Date: 14 July 1791

Watts House / Birmingham
JAMES WATT His house in Birmingham at Harpers Hill, to which he and his family moved in August 1775 Date: 1736 - 1819

Joseph Priestley / Rev Soc
JOSEPH PRIESTLEY English chemist and clergyman, whose house in Birmingham was burnt down because of his sympathy with the French Revolution Date: 1733 - 1804

Advertisement, Lamplugh & Brown, Birmingham
Advertisement, Lamplugh & Brown, Great Colmore Street, Birmingham, Suspension Saddles for bicycles and tricycles. 1890s

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